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Hello house,

please i need guidance on my PR path, i recently entered the pool and my score is 404 which i think something is wrong cos a friend of mine with similar qualification has 465.
I am 27 years old
I have 5 years working experience
I have both BSC and ATS result which qualifies as 4 years and 1 year education in Canada.
The only difference with my friend is IELTS, she has 8 in Listening, 8 in Reading, 7 in Writing and 7 in speaking with an overall of 7.5
while i have 8 in Listening, 7.5 in Reading, 6.5 in Writing and 7 in Speaking with an overall of 7.5
I am thinking the issue is my IELTS result

Can anyone shed light as to why we have a different score in the pool even though we have similar credentials and experience

And what can i do to boost my score.

Thanks

No i dont have, i am not sure what the issue might be.

CornOak:


There are several factors that could make your profile ineligible. But first, do you have below 6.0 in any of the IELTS modules?

Hi

I just did my IELTS, which my score is not really high and i am planning to re-write but before then i want to enter the pool
My IELTS overall score is 6.5 but when i an trying to enter the pool, it says that i am ineligible

I am not sure if it is due to my score or i am missing something

I plan on re-writing the test but i just want to enter the pool until i can re-write the test

Any help please

Hello Please can i also get this material and any other ones you think is helpful
My exam is May11.
I have been watching YouTube but i need practice questions and more study materials
this is my email address ([email protected]).

Thank you

studycenter:
Practice with Udemy video lectures on IELTS. All it takes is having the right material and practice wide.
Reach out below if you don't have it.

No we have never lived together before.

79733139:
Express Entry allows for common law marriage. This is the definition according to Canadian immigration:

To be considered common-law partners, they must have cohabited for at least one year. This is the standard definition used across the federal government. It means continuous cohabitation for one year, not intermittent cohabitation adding up to one year.

Does your relationship qualify under that definition? If yes and you have evidence to show, then you can add your fiancé as your common-law partner.

I wanted us to enter as a couple cos our individual CRS score is low
Me as an individual my score is 474.
My fiancé is 440 as a single applicant
If we enter as a couple and i am the main applicant our score will be 477
And if he is the main applicant, our score will be 452

GraciousWords:


To answer the question in red - you can't. You can (or maybe I should say "should" ) only enter the pool as a couple (i.e. one person adds the other as "spouse" ) if you are indeed married or in a common law relationship AFAIK.... your responses are supposed to be honest, so if you are not married nor in a common law relationship then, you aren't......

However, each of you can create a profile today and enter the pool as single people.

One of you may get ITA before the wedding, in which case, the person submits their application, and when you marry in August, the person with the PR application adds spouse post AOR.

If neither of you get ITA before the wedding, then I believe you can each add the other person as spouse on your individual profiles...this will affect each person's CRS though.

Pls study page 1..... FAQ 5, 9 and 34 kind of cover this.

Why you are so keen to enter the pool as "one"?

Hi house,

I am back with another question, my IELTS is in May (1ST week) for both i and my fiancé. The issue i have here now is that my court wedding is in August, we wanted to do it in July but UK wahala, we only got a date in August.
But we want to enter into the pool as one applicant and we want to immediately after our exam cos that is the only outstanding document.
But by May we are not married legally married.

How else can we enter the pool as one applicant with out court marriage certificate.

Do we have to wait till August when we do the court wedding before we can enter the pool

If we enter individually as single people, his score will be 440 and mine is 474

Though he is a software engineer but he only has 1 year working experience and he is above 30 years

What can we do please.

Thank you for the detailed explanation, my husband is above 30 years and i am 27, that's why i thought it would be better if i am the main applicant. I have just done the CRS now, if my husband is the main applicant with IELST maxed out, the score is 443
and if i am the main applicant the score is still 477. And this is will both of us maxing out IELST.
Our exam is next month so we can enter the pool and hope for a PNP nomination.
I have done my WES already, so it's just left with my husband's WES.

Vousmevoyez:
A couple things..

1. Yes, applying with a spouse can make or break your CRS. Depending on your profile, adding your spouse can increase your CRS, decrease it, or leave your CRS unaffected negatively or positively.

2. While your husband has only 1 year of foreign work experience, you might want to consider him being the principal applicant because his NOC is in demand. I believe the last Ontario tech draw was 471-480. While the lowest STEM cutoff for category based draw so far was 481. With the info you provided, if your husband maxes out IELTS or another English exam equivalent, is less than 30yo, y’all’s CRS with him as the principal applicant will be around 458 (recalculate this yourself to confirm). Maybe there might be a PNP tech draw within his CRS range in the near future so it’s good for him to get in the pool quick and also Express Interest in provinces where you need to take action first to be invited for PNP so y’all don’t miss an opportunity.

3. I believe his NOC is more in demand than yours. If he hasn’t taken IELTS and done an ECA, have him do this. Create separate profiles with both of you as the main applicant and each other’s dependents on the two s, and who ever gets ITA or PNP first should proceed as the main applicant and you can withdraw the other person’s profile.

Hi House,

Please i am trying to enter into the Express entry pool with a profile with my Husband
I have two certificate which is my Bsc and my AAT serving as a 2 year diploma certificate
My Husband has a master's degree from UK
My working experience is more than 3 year
But for my husband, it does not give the option to pick the foreign skilled worker experience, so i cant put in any work experience for him but he has just 1 year before he went for his masters
He is a software developer and i am an auditor
I kept in all of this details and the CRS score came to a total of 477
I don't know if that is normal or something is wrong
I thought both i and my husband applying will give us a better CSR score
I all maxed out all the IELTS score

Do you think i have missed out something while inputting our details on the CRS
or that's just the score we have

What else can be done to improve the score at least to get to 500

Hello House,

Please has anyone used this means before.
The investment is a money market fund with Stanbic IBTC, we have printed out an investment statement and gotten reference letter from the bank.
Please this is urgent, so we can know if to go forward with put money for 28 days or we can go ahead to use the investment statement.
We would really appreciate a ..

Thanks

bukolaa06:

Hello House,

Please I need your help.
I recently received an unconditional offer from Salford university, and I am currently in the process of applying for CAS.
For POF, I am planning to use my dad's investment statement along with letter of reference from the investment institution. They indicated that you are able to use a bank statement from a parent or legal guardian (as long as you provide proof of that relationship and written consent from your parent or legal guardian to use those funds).

My question is whether this will be acceptable or if the funds has to be liquidated into his bank statement and print out a statement of 28 days.

Please, I will appreciate it a lot if I can get a response.

Thank you.

Please i sent a DM

MadeMan01:

Yes. U
I used it

Hi, please can i use my dad's investment statement as POF for UK Student visa application, The investment is with Stanbic IBTC.
Is this possible

kunleos:


Okay. When i filled out my application
I put that it was awarded by “ICAN” (in full) and the credential as “ing Technicians Certificate “ and the Canadian equivalence is a 1 year college-level certificate.

PS - I did mine in January

Please i need your help here
I can't my AAT so i can check my financial status to pay any outstanding subscription
I am not in Nigeria at the moment but someone was able to help me call ICAN and they have said i should send my reg num and will tell me how much i am owing
Is that how it works and you mentioned something about paying 15k to ICAN
Please how did you go about that
Iif i can get your details to chat with you

JUANITAs30:


Hi Ayolayemi,

For the delivery fee, is there a reason why you didn’t opt for the standard delivery ($11)?

Thanks

I have corrected that

Queenhadassah:


Write your ielts, evaluate your degree and enter the pool. Make sure you select all provinces. You could get lucky and your occupation may be in demand in a province like Alberta and then you get NOI from Alberta. Or you apply to Saskatchewan. Your CRS score is very low and the only way forward is either look for ways to increase it or hope to get nominated by a province.

Okay thank you
My IELTS is in May
I would also evaluate my AAT and enter the pool while hoping for the best

kunleos:


Okay. When i filled out my application
I put that it was awarded by “ICAN” (in full) and the credential as “ing Technicians Certificate “ and the Canadian equivalence is a 1 year college-level certificate.

PS - I did mine in January

Okay thank you.

I have filled in the description
It's additional CAD100 plus delivery fee of 89

kunleos:


I meant AAT and Bsc
Corrected my original post

Thank you for the detailed explanation
WES is saying they are not evaluating certificate from The association of ancy bodies in west Africa
Because that is the name of the institution

kunleos:
Hi, you can use both AAT and ACA
Although you have to clear out any outstanding ATSWA subscription before they process your application.

Once you do that, your score would shoot up to about 470-ish

Sorry not really clear on this
I thought the only professional certificate Canada recognize is ACCA
And if I am evaluating my AAT/ACA
When I click on the CRS dropdown for that section
Am I clicking on two certificate
Or the part of master degree and professional certificate
Like I mentioned earlier i already evaluated my B.sc
So if I am evaluating my AAT or ACA will that be the only certificate i am using
or it will be in addition to my B.sc evaluation

ednut1:
acca F1 to F3 or CIMA foundation, or AAT if you did before ICAN.

I have AAT before doing ICAN
Should i revalute the AAT and it will be my primary ECA
Or i can use both B.sc and AAT
Since i have already done WES for my B.sc

Hi House,
Please i need your advise
i calculated my CSR point and i have 441
I used the maximum IELTS score
I am 26 years old
I have ICAN but i know it is not acceptable.
Please what else can i do to boost my score
I am currently working full time in the UK as an Auditor
Is there hope to be picked if i enter the spool

Hi house,
Please i am new here.

I wanted to start my journey last year so i did my WES I have that but along the line i got a job in UK as an Auditor so i moved to UK late last year.

But i am back on the track for my Canada PR
I have ed for the May slot to write my IELTS.
My question is that i currently have a bf and we are planning to settle by end of this year
If i sart my application as a single applicant can i still add my bf later maybe when i get my ITA
And please i need help on how to go about the application and tips on IETLS

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Thank you

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